Machine for filing prescriptions



(No Model.)

J. S. JARNAGIN.

MACHINE FOR FILING PRESGRIPTIONS.

No. 335,457. Patented Feb. 2, 1 886.

ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOH). SE'VIER JARNAGIN, OF MOSSY CREEK, TENNESSEE.

MACHINE FOR FILING PRESCRIPTIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,457, dated February2, 1886.

Application tiled September 24, 188.). Serial No. 178,078. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. JARNAGIN, of Mossy Creek, in the county ofJefferson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in jMachines for Filing Prescriptions, of which thefollowing is a description.

My invention is an improved machine for filing prescriptions, and hasfor an object to provide a simple machine by which the prescriptions maybe readily filed, and will be conveniently accessible for purposes ofexamination.

The invention consists in certain novel con structions and combinationsof parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is atop plan View of same. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section of themain reel. Fig. 4 is a detached section on line :0 00, Fig. 2, showingthe retainingstrip and the adjacent guide-roller.

The main frame in the present instance has side frames or plates, A,braced by connecting-bolts a, and supporting the table B near theirupper ends. The side plates may project slightly above the table B,forming flanges, as will be seen in Figs. 2 and 3; but the table ispreferably arranged upon or flush with the upper edges of the sideplates, as shown in Fig. at.

The table B is provided at or near its opposite ends withguide-rollensO, suitablyjournaled, and near to one of said rollersIarrange the retaining strip or keeper D, which extends transversely toand is slightly separated for most of its length from the upper side ofthe table.

E F are reels, journalcd on each side of the pasting-table, usually inbearings a a in the mainframe, as shown. The reel E, I call the mainreel, because it serves to receive and normally support theprescriptions, the reel F serving as a means on which to wind them offof the reel E, in order to examine any desired prescription in the bodyof the roll. The reel F may have its shaft provided with a longitudinalslot, f, (shown in Fig. 2,) through which to pass the outer end of theprescriptions on reel E, or be otherwise adapted to secure such end ofthe prescriptions, so they may be rolled thereon from the main reel.Otherwise this reel F may be constructed like reel E, as will bedescribed, or it may be of ordinary construction. The reel E is formedwith end plates, G, shaft H, and spool I, having a bore, 2', throughwhich the shaft H is passed. One end, h, of the shaft H is threaded andits other end has a button, h, or is otherwise suitably formed, so itmay be conveniently turned. This shaft is passed centrally through oneend plate, G, thence through the spool, and is threaded into the otherone of such end plates. By turning up the screw the end plates may beclamped against the ends of the spool and lock such part from turning.To rendersuch clamping action positive, one or both of the end plates ispreferably provided on its in ner side adjacent its center with spurs orteeth g, to bind in the end of the spool. Each of the end plates isprovided with alateral trunnion portion, which rests in the bearings ofthe end frames.

It will be understood that the end plates may be formed in a singlepiece; but they are preferably formed of an outer or rim portion, ofsheet or similar thin metal, and a central cast portion riveted to therim and formed with the teeth and trunnions. One of the trunuions may beprovided with a hand-crank, J, or such handcrank may be fixed to agearwheel journaled alongside of the trunnion and meshed with a pinionthereon, so the reel may be rapidly revolved. One or both of the reelsmay be provided with such drive-gearing, as will be understood.

In using my machine the first prescription is secured at one end to thespool of the main reel, and its other end rests under the keeperplate onthe table, so the end of the next prescription may be pasted to it, andthe prescriptions are so joined and wound on the reel as theyaccumulate. When the reel is full,or partially so, and it is desired toexamine a prescription within the roll, the outer prescriptions may bepassed over the guide-rolls and secured to the reel F, and theprescriptions wound thereon until the one desired is reached. WVhen thereel is filled, its spool may be removed and another supplied by meansof the detachable sh aft before described. The keeper retains the freeend of the outer prescription in position to be pasted to thecombination, with the main frame provided with a pasting-table and areel journaled to said frame, of thekeeper extended transversely overand in close proximity to the pastingtable, substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine for filing prescriptions, the combination of the mainframe, the end plates, G, journaled in said frame, the shaft H,turnedloosely through one and threaded into the other of plates G, and thespool I, placed on shaft H and clamped between the end plates,

G, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

JOHN SEVTER J ARNAGIN.

\Vitnesses:

J. T. WATKINS, R. H. MOUNTOASTLE.

